On July 21, the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) welcomed more than 170 neighbors, providers, and local partners for an open house at the future Seattle Crisis Care Center. First Hill and Capitol Hill community members showed strong interest in learning about the behavioral health services coming to the neighborhood, and many took the opportunity … Continue reading Community Attends Crisis Care Center Open House and Resource Fair in Seattle
A funding opportunity is available from the Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) to improve staff recruitment and retention within organizations with active VSHSL or Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) contracts who are currently providing human services in King County. We know that human services employees do some of the most vital work in our … Continue reading VSHSL funding opportunity: Human Services Workforce Stabilization for DCHS providers
Editor's note: this blog has been updated with a new deadline for the Youth Healing Project. The Department of Community & Human Services has several Requests for Proposals (RFP) available for your organization’s consideration! See a list of RFPs below with details on how to apply, key dates and deadlines, contact information, and more. Find and … Continue reading Requests for Proposals: High Intensity Treatment for Permanent Supportive Housing Residents, Mental Health Residential Treatment, and Best Starts for Kids’ Youth Healing Project
The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is moving the Sobering Center from the Yesler Building to the downtown Administration Building on a temporary basis. Effective this month, the new site will provide a safe location with an improved layout for clients and staff. Pioneer Human Services, the County’s longtime sobering center operator, will continue providing the … Continue reading Sobering Center to Temporarily Move to King County Administration Building
King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) seeks to create a vibrant, inclusive, and resilient region where all individuals and communities are safe, connected, housed, healthy, and empowered to succeed. For newly arrived immigrant, refugee, and asylee neighbors, navigating the complexities of a new place can be daunting—especially when facing systemic barriers and the evolving challenges of federal civil immigration enforcement. To meet these urgent and shifting needs, King County DCHS is proud to announce the distribution of $2 million in emergency support funds to address emerging needs among immigrant, refugee, and asylee communities in King County.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H43tm5MnsTQ For Thomas Ii, music has always been part of who he is. Growing up in Hawaiʻi, on the west side of O'ahu island, he learned to play by listening as family members filled the house with songs on the guitar and ukulele. "I learned it by ear," he said. "The singing just came natural." … Continue reading “Music is my life.” How Thomas found home—and a way to share aloha again.